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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 4

Arrested last evening by Detective McLeod and Constable King, a young man, Ernest Vivian Walters, appeared before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court to-day charged that on Juno 25 he did enter a cargo shed at Kaiti wharf and steal two cases oi brandv and 13,000 cigarettes, the property of the Gisborne Harbor Board. Mr F„ T. Brosnahan appeared for the accused, and agreed to a remand asked for by Detective McLcpd. The remand was granted to July 59, bail being allowed in the sum of £2OO on the accused’s own recognisance, ajad £2OO in sureties. The directors of the Kia Ora Cooperative Dairy Company have decided to pav an interim additional payment ol Id per lb on butterfat supplied during the season, July 1, 1934, to June 30, 1935. It will not be possible to ascertain the final amount of surplus until I lie stocks now en route to London ate sold ; but the company has in hand a surplus more than sufficient to make this interim payment. It is expected that when realisations of unsold stocks are to hand, the company will lie able to make another payment. The directors feel that a payment on July 20 will lie of more value* to the shareholders than would ho the case if the surplus were held until September. The journey of the Governor-General and Viscountess Galway from Opotiki to Gisborne yesterday was enlivened by an incident which, under other circumstances, might- have occasioned more delay, if not a mishap to the Viceregal party. The official cars were being piloted through tho Waioeka Valley road from the Manganuku bridge by Patrol A. A. Franklin, of the Automobile Association, and were not far on their journey when on turning a bend, the leading car was stopped by a large rock lying in the centre of the road. The outer edge of the road at this point was not firmly consolidated, and as itwas impossible to. get the cars round (he rock without trouble, there was a slight risk of serious delay. It was decided accordingly to move the obstruction. and the A.A., patrol and members of tho Governor-General’s small entourage labored for a while with a crowbar and otlier tools carried in the pilot car. Despite the loss of time on this operation, the journey to Gisborne was completed well ahead of - schedule,

At, the recent Board of Trade examinations, conducted by the Marine Department, Messrs. R.‘ Richardson and G. Kimber were successful candidates for their second class certificates. The visit of the Indian hockey team to Eltham gave one resident a novel idea for obtaining autographs. He handed in.a hockey hall which was duly autographed by" each member of the team. The Bruce trustees have agreed to donate £IOO towards the purchase of 200 acres of additional forest on the western slopes of Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua. Tne Rotorua County Council has donated £25 towards the purchase price of £3OO. It is understood that following the initial loading of chilled beef at New Plymouth by the Durham last month a further shipment i.s to be taken by the Doric Star, which is due at New . Plymouth early next month. The Wnikohu Rugby sub-union’s fixtures for next Saturday will be as folowsSeniors. —VVhfttatutu v. Te. Karaka, at 2.45 p.m., referee Mr A. Worthington. Juniors.—Whatatntu v. Te KarakU at Te Karaka, at 1.30 p.m., referee Mr O. Mills. For the first time in the history of curling in Central Otago, “the roarin' game” has been played at night. On a- recent evening a bay in tlie Idaburn dam was lit by 4000 candle-power gas flares and a trial curling match played. In addition, ice hockey and skating were enjoyed. The request made by a deputation which waited on the New Plymouth Harbor Board recently that an area of five acres of land situated at the corner ot the Breakwater and Ngamotu roads to set aside as a site for the erection ol a model pa and dwellings lor the Maori people, has bc-cn refused by the board. As a result of severing a finger while scrub-cutting on the Wharerata estate administered by the Public Trustee, Mr 11. A. Raker, whose parents reside at Makaraka, was brought into Gisborne yesterday morning and admitted to a private hospital. His condition this morning was reported to be satisfactory. An important property deal lias boon practically completed, as a result of which the handsome block owned by Messrs. Kinross White, Limited, in Napier is being taken over by the New Zealand Insurance Company; present, tonants of a section of the building. The price is stated to be well into the five figure mark. The New Zealand Rugby team on its tour of Great Britain this year will cany two New Zealand ensigns, which will be flown on the grounds where the All Blacks play and the hotels at which they stay. This was decided upon at the* meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union at Wellington. There was great excitement in a Devonport family when one member who was eating mussels thought lie had found a small pearl in one of them. The pearl was sealed in an envelope and zealously guarded until the next morning, when it was placed before an Auckland jeweller. The pearl lost its lustre under the expert’s examination, and turned out to be a small stone. Thinking that sufficient assistance has already been granted m respect to earthquake damage in the Hawke's Bay district and that, having regard to the circumstances, further financial assistance from the Government is not justified, the Minister of Health, Sir Alexander Young, has refused the request of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board for a grant of £20,000 to complete the hospital necessities of the district. A blow out beneath one of the flumes carrying water for the Spout Baths at Whakarewarewa caused the closing, of the baths to the public last Thursday. Thick oily mud was thrown up by the blow-out for some considerable time, and while the activity continued it was impossible to approach to- within some yards of the spot. However, after a time the activity subsided, and with the assistance of the Tourist Department’s drainage engineer a correct mixing ’of hot and cold water was again secured. This week a works train has been making something of a clatter on a section of the railway line through Whangarei, which means that the rewiring of the railways telegraphic system between Whangarei and Opua lias been commenced. This work is a continuation of the rewiring of the section from Auckland to Whangarei. which lias just been completed. The rewiring of the Auckland section occupied two years, and the service now is said to be much improved. Humorous reference to the difficulties experienced with Gore’s early lighting system, ‘‘water gas,” was made by Mr T. 11. Brewer, senior, ex-Mayor, in responding to the toast of ex-mayors and councillors at the Gore Jubilee banquet. The borough, he said, went to the expense of putting in a main, but as the gas consisted of nothing but fat mixed with water it corroded the pipes and the houses were soon all in darkness. As the fat would not go through the nipes they all had to he lifted, and finally electric light was installed. The interesting theory was advanced by Mr. E. A. Nichol in a talk on oysters at Invercargill that the bivalves were indirectly responsible for providing mutton-birds with their food. He said that the birds arrived in September, and it was during the next four months that the oysters were spawning. The oyster spawn floating about in the water provided food for millions of sardines found in the straits at this time, and it was on these small fish that the mutton-birds fed. Had there been no oyster bc-ds in Southland there might have been no mutton-birds. An experimental length of brick paving is to be tried in Jervois quay, an offer of 28,000 bricks of a suitable type having been made to the Wellington City Council by the brick manufacturers. The chairman of the works committee, Cr. W. Appleton, said at a meeting of the council that the bricks would be used to replace the wood blocks in part of the quay, and the report of the engineer was that the existing concrete foundation would serve very well as a foundation for the bricks. In reply to a question from Cr. W. Duncan as to the surface of such pavings, Cr. Appleton said that many of the steeper grades in San Francisco were paved in brick and were fully satisfactory. The resolution from the conference of district dairy directors on Saturday was not passed without considerable opposition from a section of the meeting, it was revealed to-day. The text of the resolution was "that it ho a recommendation to the Dairy Board that the Agricultural Commission he asked to visit, the East. Coast districts with a view to going into the question with companies with the possibility of amalgamation nud/or zoning.” A statement was also made- by those opposing amalgamation and zoning that Mr C. P. Agar, deputy chairman of the Dairy Board, had remarked recently that, the commission was not prepared' at present to approach' the Government for any legislation regarding zoning, and that the only solution was for the factories to get together to settle the matter between themselves. Snlo time at Potties’ provides special opportunities to select high grade fancy linens at specially reduced prices. An attractive window display of real hand-made Madeira worked linen goods Includes bedspreads, afternoon and supper cloths, lunch sets, and cloths, all showing substantial BaJe tittle reductJon^'*